Parking
Park at Moggs Creek Picnic Ground. From the Great Ocean Road, follow Old Coach Road and the signed Old Neuk Road turn, then continue along the unsealed access road to the car park. The circuit sign is at the west end of the lot.
Overview
About Moggs Creek Circuit Walk
Why go
- Four small wooden bridges and a fern-lined creek gully on a compact loop.
- Toilets, picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues at the trailhead.
Heads up
- It’s a short walk, better for a quick nature break than a longer hike.
Moggs Creek Circuit Walk is an easy, roughly 1.9 km loop from Moggs Creek Picnic Ground. It follows the creek through a ferny valley, crosses four small wooden bridges, then climbs to a view over the gully before returning to the car park. Allow about 30–60 minutes; 45 minutes gives you time to look around without rushing. This is a compact nature walk, not a long bush hike.
Parkwolf’s verdictIs this the walk for you?Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation35–65 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Great Otway alerts
- ClosureWye Road closed after storm and flood damageWye Road is closed until further notice because recent storm and flood damage requires road maintenance and repair works; plan around the closure.Official details
- ClosureLorne-area walking trails closed after flood damageSome walking trails near Lorne are closed for public safety after the January 2026 flash floods washed away or severely damaged bridges and walkways.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Otway Tour Guide
Your drive to Moggs Creek Circuit Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Otway National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Great Otway audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Moggs Creek: A Picnic in the Forest0:00 / 0:35
“You’re coming up on Old Coach Road, the way inland to Moggs Creek Picnic Ground. Choose this stop for lunch in the trees or a short bush walk away from the coastal drive.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Otway Tour Guide.
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Trail guide
Hiking Moggs Creek Circuit Walk
Four bridges through the gullyThe creek is the thread of the walk.
The creek is the thread of the walk. After descending from the picnic area, the track crosses four small timber bridges through moist, ferny vegetation. The higher vantage point opens up the creek and gully, with the best described views between bridges two and three. It’s a good short option when you want a bit of bush without giving up half a day.
A forest marked by fireLook for rough, dark ironbark trunks among the Southern Blue-gums, messmates and Manna Gums.
Look for rough, dark ironbark trunks among the Southern Blue-gums, messmates and Manna Gums. The blackened ironbarks are reminders of the 1983 bushfires and later fuel-reduction burns. Maidenhair and Rasp Ferns grow through the gully, with Common Ground-fern behind them.
Flowers and birdlifeSpring and summer bring the Victorian Christmas Bush’s white flower clusters.
Spring and summer bring the Victorian Christmas Bush’s white flower clusters. Cut-leaf Daisy, Blue-Bottle-daisy and Pale Vanilla-lily are noted along the track in late spring and early summer. Large colonies of Nodding Greenhoods grow near the return to the picnic ground; Tall Greenhoods and Mantis Orchids are occasional.
The moist gully supports varied birdlife. Walk quietly and watch the vegetation for a Swamp Wallaby; New Holland Honeyeaters, Red Wattlebirds and Pied Currawongs are among the birds recorded in the walk notes.
Is this the walk for you?Start at the signed circuit entrance at the west end of the car park.
Start at the signed circuit entrance at the west end of the car park. The trail is described as well graded, though the first section narrows and winds down into the gully. Dogs aren’t permitted on this Great Otway National Park trail; assistance dogs must follow applicable entry requirements.
The picnic ground has toilets, picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues. Bring your own firewood if you plan to use one.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Great Otway
204 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
35 sightingsGrey KangarooMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
109 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
58 sightingsKookaburraMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
97 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsBrushtail PossumMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Great Otway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
